Position Papers

El Anatsui: Beyond Bottle Caps and Glory

A Review of El Anatsui: The Man, the Myth, the Legend at 80 and Counting (2026) By Chris Uchenna Agbedo, PhD, fnias, mnal. Preamble “Beyond Bottle Caps...

Restructuring Internal Party Democracy: The Farce of Nigerian Primaries and a Blueprint for Reform – The Crisis of Credibility

For decades, the political narrative across Africa has been dominated by a single, unyielding aspiration: the adoption of Western-style democracy. It is a desirable...

The Bastard Fathers of Modern-Day Democracy and Politics in Nigeria

By Paul Okojie Modern democracy in Nigeria was born out of struggle, sacrifice, and blood. Yet, what was envisioned as a government of the people,...

Crimes, Courts And The Media

When the media goes after the accused person, everyone in the defense team becomes the devil’s advocate. They are taunted by the public and forsaken by their friends and their families are made to carry a bag of guilt...

Nigeria – The Nation That No One Loves

As the prices of oil edges to $70 per barrel, we have the capacity to compel America to re-negotiate their national feeling for us, to re-align our options in a calculation that experts have long identified as the next gulf...

The Challenge is Great; The Goal is Clear: Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s Inaugural Speech

This is a historic day for our nation, for it marks an important milestone in our march towards a maturing democracy. For the first time since we cast off the shackles of colonialism almost a half-century ago, we have at last managed an orderly transition from one elected government to another... - Umaru Musa Yar'Adua

Technological Advancements threaten the Future of Newspapers

A decade ago, the amount of digital and online publishing driven by profit and consumerism was relatively small. Today, over 80% of all hard copy publications have online and digital versions. Ten years from now, that percentage may rise to 100...

Technological Advancements threaten the Future of Newspapers (2)

A decade ago, the amount of digital and online publishing driven by profit and consumerism was relatively small. Today, over 80% of all hard copy publications have online and digital versions. Ten years from now, that percentage may rise to 100...

Averting Judicial Coup D'etat

The prolonged era of military rule has led to the erosion of confidence in the administration of justice in Nigeria...

The Yahoo Generation and the Triple Tropes of Sleaze

The exemplary writer is a broker in madness because therein lies the powers of the new. And so when a writer accuses the other of being mad, we should ask what is his definition of madness? In the service of what idea is this definition and in whose interest is this idea?

A Chance to Rise and Shine

Many refuse to actively work towards a better Nigeria because they think it is not possible to change anything. The truth of the matter is that most people have never done anything to help Nigeria...

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Disobedient Nations and the Wrath of God

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An Open Letter to the Movement of the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)

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Black Brothers And Their White Chics

What is it about white chics that lure successful brothers away, so much so as to make them forget about all the bootylicious endowments and soul food skills of our black sisters?

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What Gov. Orji Doesn’t Know About A Chief Press Secretary

A colleague once told me that he is used to such noise. When he was writing a column for a national newspaper, a lot of people abused him each time he wrote and exposed a former governor in the South-East. One of the abusers even took a full page in another national newspaper to reply him...

Nigeria: The Road to Failure

Like many of the failed or failing states, elections in Nigeria do not provide a just and veritable platform for its teeming masses to change an abysmally bad system of governance...

The Untold Story Of The Niger Delta Agitation

In every community we visited, we heard people speak about the adverse effects that oil exploration and production has had on their livelihood. People's food sources depend on the same natural resources that are destroyed by polluting oil operations...

Good People, Great Nation

Nigeria has unveiled a new logo and slogan for its national rebranding campaign which the Information and Communications Minister, Prof. Dora Akunyili says signals the march towards national re-birth...

Audit Reporting Mission from Lagos to Awka

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